Steering-gear.



M. JUBAK & J. SMELA.

STEERING GEAR.

APPLICATION FILEII SBPT.16,1913.

1,1 19,703, Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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MICHAEL JUBAK AND JOHN SMELA 0F LANSFORD, PENNSYLVANIA STEERING-GEAR.

Application filed September 16, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Belt known that we, MICIIAELJUBAK, a

citizen of the United States of America, and

. following is a specification.

' This invention relates to improvements in steering gear for automobiles and similar vehicles and consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a bottom portion'ot an automobile provided with steering gear and headlights. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewof the-same on the plane indicated by the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section on the plane indicated by the line 33 of Fig. 1.

The device comprises platforms or bracke'ts l havingrvertical stems 2, which are ex tended through passages 3 in the portions 4 of the vehicle, and as illustrated these stems are provided adjacent'their lower ends with horizontal passages 5 in which are fitted eX- tensions (i on the forward ends of links or crank arms 7. "These arms are provided with bifurcated portions 8, which are pivotally connected at S) with the steering or connecting rod 10, the latter being of the usual or any well known construction andhaving connectionthrough the crank arms ll with the front steering wheels of the ma chine. 'lhe platforms or brackets l are preferably provided with side arms 12, in which the head lamps 13 are mounted.

The steering post l-l is provided at its lower cndnith an interrupted gear I having an arcuatc series of teeth 1(3, \vhich are adapted to intermesh with the teeth 17 on a hoii /lontal sliding rack bar 'l'his bar is tangentially disposed relatively of the gout" upon the steering post and as shown itst'or- .vard end has pivotal conncctioirat 1.) with theconnecting rod in near our end of the latter. A guide plate 20 is mounted.bcni-ath the machine and preferably supported from Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Serial No. 7903177. 1

the chassis thereof and provided. with a. lower extension 21 which underlies the free end of the rack bar 18 and which serves to maintain operative correlated positions of the bar and the gear wheel so that when the latter is operated the bar will be moved and draft applied to the connecting bar 10 with a resultant adjustment of the stecringwheels together with a simultaneous adjustment'o'f the head lamps. In this manner a direct and positive connection is formed" between the steering post and the rod 10 so that the lamps may be uniformly adjusted and the rays of light drawn directly onto the roadway at all times.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying 'drawings, the construction and operation otthe invention will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation. v Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention-as claimed.

Having thus described our invention,-

otally connected at one end'to the connect ing bar and having its teeth arranged to mesh with the tooth member of the steering post, a fixed bracket secured under the vehicle body receiving the front endof the rack bar and operable to keep the rack bar in engaged position with the toothed mem MltllAEL JUBAK. JOHN SMELA.

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